The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 12, 2033
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
8:52 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1368
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 07m / -3.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.55° / 2.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.80° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.